William Freedman, in "The Literary Motif: A Definition and Evaluation," in Essentials of the Theory of Fiction, elaborates on this definition "[A motif] is generally -that is, it can be seen to carry a meaning beyond the  one immediately apparent; it represents on the verbal level something characteristic of the structure of the work, the events, the characters, the emotional effects, or the moral or cognitive content.... Dreams, by definition, are not subject to the rules of linear, rational, thought, are subjective, happen in the dark and use a kind of "shadow logic&...

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This second argument makes even more sense in reference to Henry V, when Hal, now King Henry V, does worry about that lack of access to the people, which is the by-product of the reformation in his character and because he is king by divine right and, by definition, must be separate from the people. ...

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Africa, a nation of immense natural resources, has been the victim of imperialism for many years. Europeans, declaring themselves "missionaries of God," have worked to pursue manifest destiny and bring God to the "savage" Africans. In order to do the Lord's work, in the 19th century, European countr...

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Very effective is this scene in which, after a soliloquy of agonizing doubt and hesitation, she resolves on this awful deed: In vain, my children, have I brought you up, Borne all the cares and pangs of motherhood, And the sharp pains of childbirth undergone. ...

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